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watchman ttu 0i r two dom-ars-payable in 'â– ' i a is l j h fiforthenm,**4ttcta -â– ::, t ri s,',,u'."n.inserÂ«ion courtorders â– ' .-^ t3c t z her than these rates a lib | advertise by the year i3tb e^ud i i generous act miss but not ultra ones : al any : *â€¢"* 0 , = ulivr the poison of party to **â€¢*"* to ihe beoerolenl and merilori ; . â– *"*!' j ica | opponent we have , ****,. he first lime hea.d of an act of â€ž lbe part of franklin pierce the | fÂ«r the presidency that â– . **,,., onblaioned for in these i .. m whiles and greed it comes ei -â– ' . j . lke the sweet south that j 0 *" own â€¢ bt nk of viole,s ' sieali,1 s and ! v i ii was a short lime since rela | l^etaot steele the personal and poll ; 4 '' ' ; ene ral pierce al a democratic [ l in ihe capitol of new hampshire : ; noibitig from h we give it in the r ', words - aid governor steele " i have known j " i career of general pierce from the ; a â€¢ u i 11 i u ! ,â€ž-,.-. look his seat in this hall 1 have j is exploits in congress and in mex | have an incident in my mind which rtlalfi which in "**>' humbie judgment '. ". .; ie character of the man in a more j light than all his efforts in the forum *â€¢ ' :: w Â» something more than twenty years general pierce was then somewhat youn ," mii be is now he was travelling through western towns of ihis state and as he .. principal village he beheld three i io candy at a brief distance he yd another hoy sitting alone and lhat boy j wool eating candy but he was crying gen \ p j n o interested in so strange a cir | ,, inquired into the case and ascer j .- be was crying because he had no j j tu buy candy no sooner he had lear !â€¢â€¢ in tlie case than with thai noble , which has ever distinguished pierce i whole life he put his hand in his ew forth a cent bought a stick of j gave it to the boy although the boy btranger to gen pierce gtre was an act worthy of lhe candidate ol peal party lor the highest oflice in tho gift t â– '-..( american people : and in no country those citizens are not brought up under lhe tig inflieiices of free and republican nt arecharitiesever administered upon i grand and magnificent but lo com ibis act of ihe noble pierce ihrough gthi whole extend the entire scene must be kenup hy lhe eye of the admit ing reader â€” - ivnful pierce was then somewhat younger l in he is now and probably not so rich bugh descended from a noble house he was ireling through the western part of n hamp e a cold and rigorous dune and was a | . war from home whence the lame of li ts taritj was not likely to reach his immediate i dighborhood heentered the principal village ! mrrand tiavel-slained ; and no doubt both | bgry and iliir**ly his restless eye was ran i pfj iaaiinj lor a house of call lo which he | night repair to order his noonday grub and j refresh hiu inner man perndveniure with a i fatuing cocktail or a foaming gla*-s of torn ] his attention was arrested by a iptttacle ilia d<>eph affected his generous leel *:â€¢ three hoys weie eating candy ; and a hti vas sittinj ai a brief distance solitary wtlene and that buy was nol ea.ing bul tat he sat niul.e like all grief with the tears faming down his youthful cheeks the httlltr slopped and kindly asked him why he kftowftl and ihe reply was lhat he had no ej to buy candy that boy was unknown ktw ttraoger ; mn did he enquire as to his i swotii-e he asked not whether he was a httjora monmouth ; but no sooner had'he onedthe facts iu the case than with that ! j*h generosity which has ever distinguished i rarathroogh his whole life he put his hand \ pt*dret drew forth a cent bought a stick \ jmadjr and gave it to ihe boy f when j laesun with his red eye ever look down j jtu more sublime spectacle than this let j r v and song embalm the deed ! let the j a jsh and chisel pepeluate the moral grandeur cene â€” when a thousand genera j have passed away the yet unborn ; -â– a ol ihe new world will cause the man j â– ' m i the imble and the generous pierce ii the living marble and stand forlh ' seuce of that stranger boy ofthe wes i frith a rent's worth of candy between iger and thumb of the * ight hand ! wadesborough argus a#a true bill â€” a correspondent of ; standard wrote that paper that gov j jorreid had given john kerr a fright ; mauling in fayettville ; and some oth p^on we suppose gave to the north . rolitiian pretty much ihe same account it umbpr n we were at neither tad t ' t Â° es Â° n tlie occasions referred to lerelore cannot precisely say how r did stand al those points : but h>mg by the passes we witnessed be ; * en ie parties up here we think we arranted in endorsing upon each of iial p larges ' " in Â° l a rue bill john 3 if governor keid was ' c vn : drd lor mr kerr in the land of the sod t aud llie whort leberry his right i i certain y forgotten its cunning g e he reached the region of the great : dp f e - hcf e we think he made more i ichh l ' le unmer ciful thumpings ke r e i l00d up and endured r t^e less 0 f i â€¢ ocrac y lhan b y tl - e adroit â€¢ fci quenc s a p uments or the rorce of bis ! b the rn â– * s a p orwe rful engine e tk n l vlng of pÂ°p u ar opinion ; and * p la >' ed *" nalf of his living v v ule while hat he was re sonnn pelun osshowered upon him hy i'ponent j exceli en Â° c not . mean t0 charge that his 1s a "* > means a contempti . or bim Â» ; bul wnen his fiends claim ! u ? enorit >' so decided over the ; ci ' ale - th y a e so large a t/jl to k r,k c . creduli y lha t they ought e,f,heir draft is dishonor thorough argus a i the carolina watchmanr j j bruner ) â€ž ( " keep a cneckrpo.v all vocr lidilor df proprietor ) rulers ( new series do this axd liberty is safe < gen i harrison ( volume ix number 10 lisbury n c thursday july 8 1852 economy in the course of a lifetime we meet with scores of young men and by'r lady young gen llemen too who il seems have not the^must rem le idea whal money was made lor at least we are forced tojudge in this wise when lhe lavish expenditures which they indulge in are considered ah !' panls the dandy our quill is punching at ah ! me pa is a ban kaw â€” lots of stuff an gives his charly pockets ful of change and a wailaw to indulge me in a bit of a spree at pleasaw !' what if your papa is worth thousand in stocks charley and as much more in funds ? is it your allotted part in life to spend foolishly all lhat you possibly can how was it gathered ? was it a wind fall ? was is not rather the fruit of toil watch ing and laborious care ? fie ! fie ! on you charley ; you are a naughty child if you are j oo proud lo work do pray learn the lessons of economy ; for ils a deep well that has no bot loin and you may one day find the boltom of your coffers and there and then sad caias trophe â€” the dreadful end charley ; for you will have to soil your pretty little hands with work ! oh ! humiliating indeed ! ii is the duty of every one lo practice economy ; for the opulent of to day may be tho begger of to mor row ii is the duty ol all to guard against scat fering the fruits of labor heedlessly to the winds we would inculcate lessons of frugality at the same lime guard our readers against falling in to overdone economy â€” penuriousness ; it too ) is an evil we would deprecate young man we j would bog you to closely study the lesson ofl frugality your father may have thousands at his command ; you may be looking forward to i the day when you can inherit it all even sigh ing lor the sables you are not yet permitted lo wear but mark il may shake hands with you in a short time and leave you penniless and a beggar il is for you to decide the question â€” will you be honorable and independent or a drivelling sponging outcast upon society â€” chose ye between the two * is protestantism incompatible with liberty this evening al the tabernacle dr brown son of boston is to maintain the affirmative of this question in a lecture given before the calh olic institute of new york wo know the doctor has a rather curious mode of reasoning ; bul we ate very anxious lo know whal kind of arguments ho can produce for such a novel proposition as lhat in the first announcement in the freeman's journal the subject of the lecture was slated to be " protestaulism incom patible with republicanism il has been since corrected il is a distinciion without a difference fur lhe highest lorm of liberty as yet known to he human race is republic is it exists in the united states and protes . is the very essence of this liberty and republi canism in fact protestantism has heen al ways charged by catholic controversialists as being the excess of libeity and as giving more ireedom to man than is good for him the ve ry origin of protestantism was the breaking of lhe shackles of spiritual despotism and its ten i dency every where is towards civil libeity whereas absolute monarchies and despoiic gov j ernments furnish the congenial soil in which i catholicism flourishes and thrives in this i country it is a sickly exotic we shall there tore be curious to know what the learned ed i i . â– i of the catholic review hn lo say in sii|i ; port of his view of the subject â€” n y herald i the wilmington journal insists upon it that i il has analyzed the vote on the homestead bill j and finds that only ib or 19 whigs voled a ! gainst it 18 or 19 why not one or lhe j olher positively if the editor has analyzed the j vote 1 but we too analyzed it and found 21 whigs voted against it we can well understand why the journal j would have us overlook " party considerations j in reference to this iniquitous homestead bill j the locofoco parly is responsible for it both | lor having originated it and for furnishing lhe j large mass of its supporters it is not popular in norlh carolina and therefore the journal would gladly keep ils origin out of view but even gov reid has come out in favor of it â€” ] fayetteville observer what is he reserved for there is a lad only twelve years of age w ii waddell living at pocahontas arkansas who in the spring of 1850 was stabbed the wound thought to be mortal ; the same lad was knocked senselessly cold by lightning in the fall of 1851 ; was run j over by four mules and a wagon ; last winter fell from the third story window ! lighting coslam upon a pile of stones j and about six weeks since was shot three j balls entering his body the hero of all j these ugly accidents is still alive and heal , thy being reserved doubtless for some other kind of shuffling offthis mortal coil , a boy irom the country was recently taken into a gentleman's family one evening after having been called up to the drawing room he camedown in the kitchen laughing immoder j atelv what's the matter cried the cook " why dang it !" said he " there are twelve on em up ihere who couldn't snuff lhe candle and they had to ring for me to do it !" a wager offered a gentleman in this town offers to bet all he is worth that he will receive more votes in the ensuing election for governor of north carolina than any other man has ever received in the state before and that he will equal both the present can didates . his name is kerr reid n c m htg accident lo bishop jvajvc/ious albanv june 23 â€” the chicago tribune says that j bishop whilehouse had his arm broken in two j places by the upsetting ot the stage between , aurora und ottawa on saturday i he didn't come " old roan failed to meet his appoint i ment to address the people of beaufort j on politics he wasn't here yesterday | as the big hand bills sticking up all round i about announced tbat he would be nei | ther was he at greenville on saturday as he had appointed to be various surmi i ses and conjectures and speculations are j afloat in regard to this backing out of i old roan from his appointments some , think he was told that stanly or miller ' or both of them would be in washington yesterday and that it would be unwise in him to speak here when that brace of whigs were on hand others suppose that old roan was written to by some one ofthe wire-pullers here who knows i that his presence would not be very accep i tible to the unterrified not to endanger j his health by venturing down this way as the water continues to be very bad in these diggings others again are of the opinion that the raleigh clique finding out that john kerr is playing the deuce with dainty davy getting the decided advantage of him in the discussions as an edgecombe democrat says he did at weldon have sent old roan on a chase out west to try to help his excellency de jure out of the awkward fix he is in will that amiable high minded honest patriotic and hansome young man the editor of the standard and governor ele facto be so obliging as to enlighten the good people this way as to the wharnbout of the late minister to poor unhappy spain whar is old roan p s we are requested to ask the steindard to say to genl saunders that the people of newbern will be right glad to see him at his earliest convenience and hear from him something in regard to the rail road he was going to get for them when he got that 40,000 out of their pock ets ; also in regard to his mission to vir ginia to get the raleigh & gaston road rebuilt in order to prevent the people of north carolina from building up a mar ket within their own state.-iv s whig good in the course ofthe debate at raleigh gov reid said that " he would invoke the clemency of gen saunders for mr kerr â€” he would strive to do so because he wished to re serve him for his own use he would al so induce his friends to use their influence with the general to the same purpose ; for mr kerr will find when he gets hold of him that whatever gen jackson may be he the saunders aforesaid is no dead r " ing to the governor's speech mi aid that â– â€¢ j thanked his competitor for his kin inc in seeking for him the mercy of gen saunders but emphatically declin ed availing himself of it but whenever he gave a vote which shall be seized upon by the abolitionists ofthe north as a tri umph of their principles or which shall compromise the honor of lhe south he will implore his mercy as to gen saunders being no dead lion he was perfectly aware of it he had tried him and found him to be a living animal but of an entirely dif ferent species another national conven tion called a circular dated at washington and signed by samuel lewis chairman has been issued calling a national conven tion of delegates of the free democracy at the city of pittsburg on wednesday the eleventh day of august next at noon for the purpose of selecting candidates for the offices of president and vice president of the united states friends of the principles declared at buffalo at the me morable convention of august 1848 are requested to send delegates in connec tion with this call it is stated that the hon mr durkee representative from wisconsin is determined to oppose the election of pierce and king other de mocratic members of congress it is said will do the same and amongst these is dr townsend of ohio and the hon s p chase senator from ohio signs c we never did see people hate any thing so bad as the democrats do the nomina tion of gen scott we knew some of our whig friends who had contracted a great admiration for mr fillmore would be mortified at the result but the demo crats gemini ! we hope they won't hurt themselves â€” rich whig we hear and gladly hear that the tele graphic report that mr fillmore had ad vised his friends to go for mr webster and save the whig party is not correct we distrusted it when we first heard it it did not sound like mr fillmore rich whig will remain in office mr webster at the solicitation of his friends it is said has consented to remain in oflice until the expira tion of president fillmore's term he how ever will shortly leave lor marsfield to spend the summer months as has been usual wilh him for many years mr graham will also continue in office gen scott it is also slated will not resign unless elected president and in that event will follow the example of general taylor by resigning to take effect in march baltimore sun national agricultural society washington june 24 the national ag ricultural convention assembled at the smith sonian institute to-day at 10 a m and tempo ! rarily organized by lhe appointment of judge j waits of pennsyvania as chairman and j richard s lee maryland and dr lee of georgia secretaries a committee was then ; appointed to select permanent officers who re j ported for piesideni marshall wilder of mas | sachuseits ; vice presid-nts henry wager i new york frederick waits pennsylvania | george b calvert mary laud hunter ohio ; j nesmith new hampshire ; throckmorton i virginia ; bur-jwn north carolina ; rusk j texas ; and doty of wisconsin secretaries i messrs king rhode island ; johnson new | york ; marder ohio and de bow louisiana a resolution was oftered and adopted to form i a nalional agricultural society a committee j of one from each state was then appointed to j draft a constitution and report business for the ) society daniel webster was presented as a member i hy he massachusetts delegation as also were i the officers of the smithsonian institute prof j ewbank c l fleischman and others by dif ferent delegations numerous propositions relating to agricul ture were submitted and referred lo lhe com mittee after a recess mr elwyn of pennsylvania chairman of the committee repor'ed a consti i luiion which was amended discussed and final j ly adopted as follows : the first section pro i vides tbat the society shall be called the uni ted slates agricultural society the second j section fixes the annual subscriptions at 2 and a ticket lor life membership tbe third section provides for the appointment of ihe offi cers and defines their duties the fourth sec lion provides thai lhe society shall hold annual meetings in washinion on the first monday of february but the executive commiitee by ap proval of the society may hold occasional meetings elsewhere the convention then adjourned till 8 o'clock to enable the committee to report on other bu siness twenty-three states are represented by 154 delegates second dispatch evening â€” the convention re-assembled at 7 o'clock mr holcomb from he majority of the committee on organization reported in fa vor of the establishment by government of an agricultural bureau judge douglas gave notice of a minority re port recommending the establishment ol a de partment of agriculture in the smithsonian institute the committee on organization were then instructed to name officers for ihe society and the members signed the constitution paying over their fee of 2 each we learn that on tuesday last the bal ance ofthe capital stock of the bank of wadsboro was taken after which sever al shares were disposed of at a premium of from 15 to 18 per cent wades argus clap trap a citizen of cincinnati has informed the editor of the enquirer of that city that he i lived some five years with gen pierce's father and has often worked side by side with frank i.i the harvest field even al ter he had been admitted to the bar death by chloroform â€” mrs weed wife of nathaniel weed e**q of new yoik having had chloroform administered to her al slam ford connecticut on friday last to lessen lhe pain of the extraction ol a tooth almost imme ! diaiely after inhaling the fumes sank upon the : sofa and expired laying a corner slone â€” new york june i 24 â€” the corner stone of the bible house on ! fourlh avenue was laid ihis evening by the ' hon theodore frelinghuysen president of tho j american bible society a large concourse > of people were present the new building will cost 880,000 political movement in maine a call has been published for a mass con [ vention at portland me to be held on the 29ih june to nominate a candidate for governor in opposition to the re-election of gov hub bard the democraiic candidate the call is signed by 2,000 of his former friends who op pose him because he signed the liquor law great whig ratification meeting new york june 24 â€” an immense assem i blage of whigs is gathered in front of the ; broadway house lo night to ratify lhe nomina tion of scott and graham robert jones was 1 chosen president with 100 vice presidents ; resolutions were adopted cordially endorsing < the nominees the meeting was addressed by col hoff i man mr tomlinson irom california and jas j richardson ol'-owego county and the fillmore ' delegate from he 22d district who contested | h j raymond's seat the proceedings are marked by unbounded enthusiasm the names ! of scott a'nd graham fillmore webster and ! clay were greeted with deafening cheers the crowd outside was addressed by numer ous speakers and the proceeding will continue till a very late hour ratification meeting at pittsburg pittsburg june 23 the nomination of i gen scotl has given the greatest satisfaction ' to the whigs of our city the most intense ' enthusiasm prevailed and last night the ctiy i was in a fever of excitement fireworks mu i sic and hurras a salute of fifty guns was fir i ed about sundown and at night an immense ratification meeting assmbled addresses were delivered by the hon moses hampton capt porter d ritchie capt naylor and others w r hig ratification meeting wilmington del june 23rd â€” an im ! mense gathering took place ihis evening on i the occasion of ratifying the whig nominations j j for president and vice president speeches j were delivered by the hon john m clayton ; â– and hon j w houston and resolutions en j dorsing ihe nominations and platform were | adopted rhode island whig slate convention newport r i june 24 â€” the whig . state convenlion last night nominated elisha harris isaac p hazark amos d smith and , charles allen as presidential electors lor this state from thc raleigh times national nominations we place at the head of our columns to i day for the presidency and vice presi dency the honored names of major gen winfield scott axd william a graham no man in the country will ever pro pound the inquiry m who are they ?" they are well known and highly exalted be fore the public gaze â€” so known so lov ed so honored that it becomes the delight and pride of every true friend of his coun try to reflect that he has it in his power by his vote to testify his admiration and record his name as the friend and advo cate of such noble americans it has suited the democratic party to place in nomination lor our highest otli ces men comparatively unknown and un distinguished â€” men with whose charac tersthe people are not acquainted â€” whose deeds bave not rendered them remarka ble â€” whose talents never fitted them to ac quire either fame or popularity â€” upon whom the recordsof the country have not stamped enduring honor or immortal i fame if they ever attain to any there j fore it must be manufactured for them by the partisan presses â€” the enlisted swiss of their political fortunes but upon every page of our country's history blazoned all over in characters of living light will be found the peerless and glorious name of winfield scott â€” the first and bravest in war â€” the most distinguished and patriotic in peace his record is the hearts of his countrymen mingled with all the illustrious recollec tion of the past and now blended with the best and brighest hopes for the future it is not necessary to eulogise wil liam a graham in north carolina there he is â€” behold him and judge for yourselves he has always been invinci ble â€” a tower of strength for the state which he has honored and which has hon ored him : and north carolina now pre sents him before the country with great pride as her brightest jewel the positions in which these great men ; have been placed before the country by i the nalional whig convention though j richly deserved on their part and very | acceptable to large masses of the people yet have now been rendered highly popu ; lar at the south by the sound and conser j vative platform on which they will j stand and which was laid down as indis pensable by the southern delegates con ditional to their support of any candidates â€” and upon which also tub raleigh j '. times has always avowed that ils sup port of the whig nominees depended i whig convention the nomina ! tions although our intelligence rom the whig na ; tional convention at baltimore is incomplete : and unsatisfactory as to the closing proceedings â– yet we are enabled lo announce lhal gen winfield scoit received lhe nomination lor president on the 53d or 54th balloting aud lhat william a graham of n c received the nomination for vice president over , ! jones of tennessee and pearce ol maryland after several ballolings we refer the reader to the regular repoit of : proceedings so far as we have them for par j j ticulars in regard lo lhe nominaiion for presi j j dent we cannot say that we are disappoint i ed in the result however much we may have desired il otherwise wilh our fellow wbigs of the slate we cherished the warmest regard for mr fiilmore and a willingness to do po litical battle under his leadership no matter : whal fate awaited but we aie likewise ready to acquiesce in lhe judgment ot ihe convention : which has regarded successs more sure under ' another leader we know no what develop ' ments of gen scott's opinions followed the close of the convenlion ; but we have no dread of hearing from him ; we have steadily ex | pressed full confidence in lhe soundness of his \ views on lhe momentous questions wh ch have agitated the public mind anddisiuibed the eq ui : librium of lhe union something musl occur ! to shake tbat confidence belore we can be ; brought into an attilude of opposition or indif i lerence to the gallant old veteran who has grown gray in his country's service,â€”espe cially when his opponent in lhe race tor the greatest office in the republic is a new man â– without the claims of extraordinary services j talents or experience lo recommend him over ; : the distinguished citizen who lays undisputed claim lo all these qualifications the nomination of mr graham the ftvorite : son of the good old north state will give eat islaction in itself and go far to strengthen the licket io north carolina in the south and the whole nation while mr graham is truly â€¢ north carolinian in all hiu domestic feelings he has a heart and a bead lor his whole conn â€¢ try from niagara to the gulf from the atlantic to the pacific for his wisdom his talent his urbanity and bis purity of character be is jusl j such a man as an intelligent and virtuous peo j pie delight to honor the platform or eipose oj principles and j opinions touching the administration oi public j affairs as it was adopted by the convention is j a noble paper cheerfully and proudly can the w higs â€” yea the whole american people â€” ' stand with gen scott upon that platform st ! truly nalional and yet so thoroughly regardful of the rights of the states and of lhe interests of every section â€” an instrument of lhe kind could not have been more wisely tramej fur ! the guidance of the patriotic cilizen in his pub ; lie duly â€” greensboro patriot from the wilmin***ton commmial reception in washington city the nominations of the late whig con vention were cordially received in wash ington by a large portion of our citizens as we are informed by the presses of th city the following account is from the telegraph : at about nine o'clock tht^-pontaneously assembled thousands of oulcitizens with the light infantry band of music march ed in procession along pennsylvania ave nue to the residence of geo scott where the band played ** hail to the chief and loud and prolonged cheers were given gen scott appeared at the balcony and addressed the assemblage as follow gentlemen : this is the tir-st political greeting 1 have ever received this man testation of your kindness touches my heart deeply coming as it does from my near neighbors and friends my residence in the city of washington has been very a greeable to myself this city was laid out under the eye and direction of the im mortal washington and i trust the pros perity ofthe city will continue to advance with the growth ofthe union and of him whose name it bears i trust gentlemen that so long ns i shall continue amongst you the same friendly relations will be cultivated whe ther i continue to occupy the position of a soldier or shall be elevated to that of chief magistrate gentlemen the high ho^or which the baltimore convention has conferred upon me over my illustrious and friendly rivals â€” the chief magistrate of the countr*>*and the secretary of state already known to fame â€” was wholly unmerited and will be a cause for my making still greater ef forts to merit the approbabtion of my country and of that convention i know that much anxiety and many trials are to be passed through before the ratification of the people shall be heard whether it shall confirm the action of the convention or not i shall be satisfied for i know that it will be conferred upon a man deserving your confidence and sup port in whatever position i may be placed it shall continue to be the great aim of my life to discharge my duty to my country if i should be elevated in that distin guished position for which i have been named i shall seek so to conduct myself as to merit the confidence which you have so kindly bestowed upon mc in advance gentlemen you find me greatly fatigued and exhausted and for the present 1 can only thank you for this kind congratula tion â€” the first of the kind which 1 have ever received â€” and bid you all a good night the procession then proceeded to the residence of the hon wm a graham ; and after beautiful and appropriate music by the band mr graham appeared and spoke nearly as follows : fellow-citizens i appear before you to tender to you my thanks for the com pliment of this visit and my congratula tions of the country upon the result of tho liberations of the convention ofthe wbigs of the united states assembled at balti more cheers as to my humble self i had no hope for as i had no reason no right to expect this honor at the hands of the convention but as the distinguished statesman and soldier enthusiastic cheering whom the convention has selected as candidate for president of the united states the coun try or a large portion of the country had reason toexpect that the nomination would fall upon bim cheering his compe tilois in that convention were tried pa triots ; had the nomination fallen upon either of them the wbigs of the country would have been equally well satisfied great cheering for my own patty with all respect to that large portion of our fellow-citizens constituting the democratic party my hopes for the prosperity of ihis country the stability of its institutions and the prosperity of the union depend upon the ascendency of whig measures prolong ed cheering a voice three cheers for the old north state '. and in response three hear ty and enthusiastic cheers were given mr graham thank you gentlemen for that i look upon this nomination a a compliment to that steadfast that noble old whig state of which 1 am proud to be a citizen rather than to myself fellow-citizens i did not expect this visit it is but a few moments since i heard of this nomination and i shall not detain you go on go on again i express to you my thanks for this compli ment and congratulate you upon the har monious result of the deliberations of your convention at baltimore mr g then withdrew amidst deafening cheers the procession next visited the white house and in response to enthusiastic and protracted cheering president fill more appeared at one of the windows and said :

watchman ttu 0i r two dom-ars-payable in 'â– ' i a is l j h fiforthenm,**4ttcta -â– ::, t ri s,',,u'."n.inserÂ«ion courtorders â– ' .-^ t3c t z her than these rates a lib | advertise by the year i3tb e^ud i i generous act miss but not ultra ones : al any : *â€¢"* 0 , = ulivr the poison of party to **â€¢*"* to ihe beoerolenl and merilori ; . â– *"*!' j ica | opponent we have , ****,. he first lime hea.d of an act of â€ž lbe part of franklin pierce the | fÂ«r the presidency that â– . **,,., onblaioned for in these i .. m whiles and greed it comes ei -â– ' . j . lke the sweet south that j 0 *" own â€¢ bt nk of viole,s ' sieali,1 s and ! v i ii was a short lime since rela | l^etaot steele the personal and poll ; 4 '' ' ; ene ral pierce al a democratic [ l in ihe capitol of new hampshire : ; noibitig from h we give it in the r ', words - aid governor steele " i have known j " i career of general pierce from the ; a â€¢ u i 11 i u ! ,â€ž-,.-. look his seat in this hall 1 have j is exploits in congress and in mex | have an incident in my mind which rtlalfi which in "**>' humbie judgment '. ". .; ie character of the man in a more j light than all his efforts in the forum *â€¢ ' :: w Â» something more than twenty years general pierce was then somewhat youn ," mii be is now he was travelling through western towns of ihis state and as he .. principal village he beheld three i io candy at a brief distance he yd another hoy sitting alone and lhat boy j wool eating candy but he was crying gen \ p j n o interested in so strange a cir | ,, inquired into the case and ascer j .- be was crying because he had no j j tu buy candy no sooner he had lear !â€¢â€¢ in tlie case than with thai noble , which has ever distinguished pierce i whole life he put his hand in his ew forth a cent bought a stick of j gave it to the boy although the boy btranger to gen pierce gtre was an act worthy of lhe candidate ol peal party lor the highest oflice in tho gift t â– '-..( american people : and in no country those citizens are not brought up under lhe tig inflieiices of free and republican nt arecharitiesever administered upon i grand and magnificent but lo com ibis act of ihe noble pierce ihrough gthi whole extend the entire scene must be kenup hy lhe eye of the admit ing reader â€” - ivnful pierce was then somewhat younger l in he is now and probably not so rich bugh descended from a noble house he was ireling through the western part of n hamp e a cold and rigorous dune and was a | . war from home whence the lame of li ts taritj was not likely to reach his immediate i dighborhood heentered the principal village ! mrrand tiavel-slained ; and no doubt both | bgry and iliir**ly his restless eye was ran i pfj iaaiinj lor a house of call lo which he | night repair to order his noonday grub and j refresh hiu inner man perndveniure with a i fatuing cocktail or a foaming gla*-s of torn ] his attention was arrested by a iptttacle ilia d<>eph affected his generous leel *:â€¢ three hoys weie eating candy ; and a hti vas sittinj ai a brief distance solitary wtlene and that buy was nol ea.ing bul tat he sat niul.e like all grief with the tears faming down his youthful cheeks the httlltr slopped and kindly asked him why he kftowftl and ihe reply was lhat he had no ej to buy candy that boy was unknown ktw ttraoger ; mn did he enquire as to his i swotii-e he asked not whether he was a httjora monmouth ; but no sooner had'he onedthe facts iu the case than with that ! j*h generosity which has ever distinguished i rarathroogh his whole life he put his hand \ pt*dret drew forth a cent bought a stick \ jmadjr and gave it to ihe boy f when j laesun with his red eye ever look down j jtu more sublime spectacle than this let j r v and song embalm the deed ! let the j a jsh and chisel pepeluate the moral grandeur cene â€” when a thousand genera j have passed away the yet unborn ; -â– a ol ihe new world will cause the man j â– ' m i the imble and the generous pierce ii the living marble and stand forlh ' seuce of that stranger boy ofthe wes i frith a rent's worth of candy between iger and thumb of the * ight hand ! wadesborough argus a#a true bill â€” a correspondent of ; standard wrote that paper that gov j jorreid had given john kerr a fright ; mauling in fayettville ; and some oth p^on we suppose gave to the north . rolitiian pretty much ihe same account it umbpr n we were at neither tad t ' t Â° es Â° n tlie occasions referred to lerelore cannot precisely say how r did stand al those points : but h>mg by the passes we witnessed be ; * en ie parties up here we think we arranted in endorsing upon each of iial p larges ' " in Â° l a rue bill john 3 if governor keid was ' c vn : drd lor mr kerr in the land of the sod t aud llie whort leberry his right i i certain y forgotten its cunning g e he reached the region of the great : dp f e - hcf e we think he made more i ichh l ' le unmer ciful thumpings ke r e i l00d up and endured r t^e less 0 f i â€¢ ocrac y lhan b y tl - e adroit â€¢ fci quenc s a p uments or the rorce of bis ! b the rn â– * s a p orwe rful engine e tk n l vlng of pÂ°p u ar opinion ; and * p la >' ed *" nalf of his living v v ule while hat he was re sonnn pelun osshowered upon him hy i'ponent j exceli en Â° c not . mean t0 charge that his 1s a "* > means a contempti . or bim Â» ; bul wnen his fiends claim ! u ? enorit >' so decided over the ; ci ' ale - th y a e so large a t/jl to k r,k c . creduli y lha t they ought e,f,heir draft is dishonor thorough argus a i the carolina watchmanr j j bruner ) â€ž ( " keep a cneckrpo.v all vocr lidilor df proprietor ) rulers ( new series do this axd liberty is safe < gen i harrison ( volume ix number 10 lisbury n c thursday july 8 1852 economy in the course of a lifetime we meet with scores of young men and by'r lady young gen llemen too who il seems have not the^must rem le idea whal money was made lor at least we are forced tojudge in this wise when lhe lavish expenditures which they indulge in are considered ah !' panls the dandy our quill is punching at ah ! me pa is a ban kaw â€” lots of stuff an gives his charly pockets ful of change and a wailaw to indulge me in a bit of a spree at pleasaw !' what if your papa is worth thousand in stocks charley and as much more in funds ? is it your allotted part in life to spend foolishly all lhat you possibly can how was it gathered ? was it a wind fall ? was is not rather the fruit of toil watch ing and laborious care ? fie ! fie ! on you charley ; you are a naughty child if you are j oo proud lo work do pray learn the lessons of economy ; for ils a deep well that has no bot loin and you may one day find the boltom of your coffers and there and then sad caias trophe â€” the dreadful end charley ; for you will have to soil your pretty little hands with work ! oh ! humiliating indeed ! ii is the duty of every one lo practice economy ; for the opulent of to day may be tho begger of to mor row ii is the duty ol all to guard against scat fering the fruits of labor heedlessly to the winds we would inculcate lessons of frugality at the same lime guard our readers against falling in to overdone economy â€” penuriousness ; it too ) is an evil we would deprecate young man we j would bog you to closely study the lesson ofl frugality your father may have thousands at his command ; you may be looking forward to i the day when you can inherit it all even sigh ing lor the sables you are not yet permitted lo wear but mark il may shake hands with you in a short time and leave you penniless and a beggar il is for you to decide the question â€” will you be honorable and independent or a drivelling sponging outcast upon society â€” chose ye between the two * is protestantism incompatible with liberty this evening al the tabernacle dr brown son of boston is to maintain the affirmative of this question in a lecture given before the calh olic institute of new york wo know the doctor has a rather curious mode of reasoning ; bul we ate very anxious lo know whal kind of arguments ho can produce for such a novel proposition as lhat in the first announcement in the freeman's journal the subject of the lecture was slated to be " protestaulism incom patible with republicanism il has been since corrected il is a distinciion without a difference fur lhe highest lorm of liberty as yet known to he human race is republic is it exists in the united states and protes . is the very essence of this liberty and republi canism in fact protestantism has heen al ways charged by catholic controversialists as being the excess of libeity and as giving more ireedom to man than is good for him the ve ry origin of protestantism was the breaking of lhe shackles of spiritual despotism and its ten i dency every where is towards civil libeity whereas absolute monarchies and despoiic gov j ernments furnish the congenial soil in which i catholicism flourishes and thrives in this i country it is a sickly exotic we shall there tore be curious to know what the learned ed i i . â– i of the catholic review hn lo say in sii|i ; port of his view of the subject â€” n y herald i the wilmington journal insists upon it that i il has analyzed the vote on the homestead bill j and finds that only ib or 19 whigs voled a ! gainst it 18 or 19 why not one or lhe j olher positively if the editor has analyzed the j vote 1 but we too analyzed it and found 21 whigs voted against it we can well understand why the journal j would have us overlook " party considerations j in reference to this iniquitous homestead bill j the locofoco parly is responsible for it both | lor having originated it and for furnishing lhe j large mass of its supporters it is not popular in norlh carolina and therefore the journal would gladly keep ils origin out of view but even gov reid has come out in favor of it â€” ] fayetteville observer what is he reserved for there is a lad only twelve years of age w ii waddell living at pocahontas arkansas who in the spring of 1850 was stabbed the wound thought to be mortal ; the same lad was knocked senselessly cold by lightning in the fall of 1851 ; was run j over by four mules and a wagon ; last winter fell from the third story window ! lighting coslam upon a pile of stones j and about six weeks since was shot three j balls entering his body the hero of all j these ugly accidents is still alive and heal , thy being reserved doubtless for some other kind of shuffling offthis mortal coil , a boy irom the country was recently taken into a gentleman's family one evening after having been called up to the drawing room he camedown in the kitchen laughing immoder j atelv what's the matter cried the cook " why dang it !" said he " there are twelve on em up ihere who couldn't snuff lhe candle and they had to ring for me to do it !" a wager offered a gentleman in this town offers to bet all he is worth that he will receive more votes in the ensuing election for governor of north carolina than any other man has ever received in the state before and that he will equal both the present can didates . his name is kerr reid n c m htg accident lo bishop jvajvc/ious albanv june 23 â€” the chicago tribune says that j bishop whilehouse had his arm broken in two j places by the upsetting ot the stage between , aurora und ottawa on saturday i he didn't come " old roan failed to meet his appoint i ment to address the people of beaufort j on politics he wasn't here yesterday | as the big hand bills sticking up all round i about announced tbat he would be nei | ther was he at greenville on saturday as he had appointed to be various surmi i ses and conjectures and speculations are j afloat in regard to this backing out of i old roan from his appointments some , think he was told that stanly or miller ' or both of them would be in washington yesterday and that it would be unwise in him to speak here when that brace of whigs were on hand others suppose that old roan was written to by some one ofthe wire-pullers here who knows i that his presence would not be very accep i tible to the unterrified not to endanger j his health by venturing down this way as the water continues to be very bad in these diggings others again are of the opinion that the raleigh clique finding out that john kerr is playing the deuce with dainty davy getting the decided advantage of him in the discussions as an edgecombe democrat says he did at weldon have sent old roan on a chase out west to try to help his excellency de jure out of the awkward fix he is in will that amiable high minded honest patriotic and hansome young man the editor of the standard and governor ele facto be so obliging as to enlighten the good people this way as to the wharnbout of the late minister to poor unhappy spain whar is old roan p s we are requested to ask the steindard to say to genl saunders that the people of newbern will be right glad to see him at his earliest convenience and hear from him something in regard to the rail road he was going to get for them when he got that 40,000 out of their pock ets ; also in regard to his mission to vir ginia to get the raleigh & gaston road rebuilt in order to prevent the people of north carolina from building up a mar ket within their own state.-iv s whig good in the course ofthe debate at raleigh gov reid said that " he would invoke the clemency of gen saunders for mr kerr â€” he would strive to do so because he wished to re serve him for his own use he would al so induce his friends to use their influence with the general to the same purpose ; for mr kerr will find when he gets hold of him that whatever gen jackson may be he the saunders aforesaid is no dead r " ing to the governor's speech mi aid that â– â€¢ j thanked his competitor for his kin inc in seeking for him the mercy of gen saunders but emphatically declin ed availing himself of it but whenever he gave a vote which shall be seized upon by the abolitionists ofthe north as a tri umph of their principles or which shall compromise the honor of lhe south he will implore his mercy as to gen saunders being no dead lion he was perfectly aware of it he had tried him and found him to be a living animal but of an entirely dif ferent species another national conven tion called a circular dated at washington and signed by samuel lewis chairman has been issued calling a national conven tion of delegates of the free democracy at the city of pittsburg on wednesday the eleventh day of august next at noon for the purpose of selecting candidates for the offices of president and vice president of the united states friends of the principles declared at buffalo at the me morable convention of august 1848 are requested to send delegates in connec tion with this call it is stated that the hon mr durkee representative from wisconsin is determined to oppose the election of pierce and king other de mocratic members of congress it is said will do the same and amongst these is dr townsend of ohio and the hon s p chase senator from ohio signs c we never did see people hate any thing so bad as the democrats do the nomina tion of gen scott we knew some of our whig friends who had contracted a great admiration for mr fillmore would be mortified at the result but the demo crats gemini ! we hope they won't hurt themselves â€” rich whig we hear and gladly hear that the tele graphic report that mr fillmore had ad vised his friends to go for mr webster and save the whig party is not correct we distrusted it when we first heard it it did not sound like mr fillmore rich whig will remain in office mr webster at the solicitation of his friends it is said has consented to remain in oflice until the expira tion of president fillmore's term he how ever will shortly leave lor marsfield to spend the summer months as has been usual wilh him for many years mr graham will also continue in office gen scott it is also slated will not resign unless elected president and in that event will follow the example of general taylor by resigning to take effect in march baltimore sun national agricultural society washington june 24 the national ag ricultural convention assembled at the smith sonian institute to-day at 10 a m and tempo ! rarily organized by lhe appointment of judge j waits of pennsyvania as chairman and j richard s lee maryland and dr lee of georgia secretaries a committee was then ; appointed to select permanent officers who re j ported for piesideni marshall wilder of mas | sachuseits ; vice presid-nts henry wager i new york frederick waits pennsylvania | george b calvert mary laud hunter ohio ; j nesmith new hampshire ; throckmorton i virginia ; bur-jwn north carolina ; rusk j texas ; and doty of wisconsin secretaries i messrs king rhode island ; johnson new | york ; marder ohio and de bow louisiana a resolution was oftered and adopted to form i a nalional agricultural society a committee j of one from each state was then appointed to j draft a constitution and report business for the ) society daniel webster was presented as a member i hy he massachusetts delegation as also were i the officers of the smithsonian institute prof j ewbank c l fleischman and others by dif ferent delegations numerous propositions relating to agricul ture were submitted and referred lo lhe com mittee after a recess mr elwyn of pennsylvania chairman of the committee repor'ed a consti i luiion which was amended discussed and final j ly adopted as follows : the first section pro i vides tbat the society shall be called the uni ted slates agricultural society the second j section fixes the annual subscriptions at 2 and a ticket lor life membership tbe third section provides for the appointment of ihe offi cers and defines their duties the fourth sec lion provides thai lhe society shall hold annual meetings in washinion on the first monday of february but the executive commiitee by ap proval of the society may hold occasional meetings elsewhere the convention then adjourned till 8 o'clock to enable the committee to report on other bu siness twenty-three states are represented by 154 delegates second dispatch evening â€” the convention re-assembled at 7 o'clock mr holcomb from he majority of the committee on organization reported in fa vor of the establishment by government of an agricultural bureau judge douglas gave notice of a minority re port recommending the establishment ol a de partment of agriculture in the smithsonian institute the committee on organization were then instructed to name officers for ihe society and the members signed the constitution paying over their fee of 2 each we learn that on tuesday last the bal ance ofthe capital stock of the bank of wadsboro was taken after which sever al shares were disposed of at a premium of from 15 to 18 per cent wades argus clap trap a citizen of cincinnati has informed the editor of the enquirer of that city that he i lived some five years with gen pierce's father and has often worked side by side with frank i.i the harvest field even al ter he had been admitted to the bar death by chloroform â€” mrs weed wife of nathaniel weed e**q of new yoik having had chloroform administered to her al slam ford connecticut on friday last to lessen lhe pain of the extraction ol a tooth almost imme ! diaiely after inhaling the fumes sank upon the : sofa and expired laying a corner slone â€” new york june i 24 â€” the corner stone of the bible house on ! fourlh avenue was laid ihis evening by the ' hon theodore frelinghuysen president of tho j american bible society a large concourse > of people were present the new building will cost 880,000 political movement in maine a call has been published for a mass con [ vention at portland me to be held on the 29ih june to nominate a candidate for governor in opposition to the re-election of gov hub bard the democraiic candidate the call is signed by 2,000 of his former friends who op pose him because he signed the liquor law great whig ratification meeting new york june 24 â€” an immense assem i blage of whigs is gathered in front of the ; broadway house lo night to ratify lhe nomina tion of scott and graham robert jones was 1 chosen president with 100 vice presidents ; resolutions were adopted cordially endorsing < the nominees the meeting was addressed by col hoff i man mr tomlinson irom california and jas j richardson ol'-owego county and the fillmore ' delegate from he 22d district who contested | h j raymond's seat the proceedings are marked by unbounded enthusiasm the names ! of scott a'nd graham fillmore webster and ! clay were greeted with deafening cheers the crowd outside was addressed by numer ous speakers and the proceeding will continue till a very late hour ratification meeting at pittsburg pittsburg june 23 the nomination of i gen scotl has given the greatest satisfaction ' to the whigs of our city the most intense ' enthusiasm prevailed and last night the ctiy i was in a fever of excitement fireworks mu i sic and hurras a salute of fifty guns was fir i ed about sundown and at night an immense ratification meeting assmbled addresses were delivered by the hon moses hampton capt porter d ritchie capt naylor and others w r hig ratification meeting wilmington del june 23rd â€” an im ! mense gathering took place ihis evening on i the occasion of ratifying the whig nominations j j for president and vice president speeches j were delivered by the hon john m clayton ; â– and hon j w houston and resolutions en j dorsing ihe nominations and platform were | adopted rhode island whig slate convention newport r i june 24 â€” the whig . state convenlion last night nominated elisha harris isaac p hazark amos d smith and , charles allen as presidential electors lor this state from thc raleigh times national nominations we place at the head of our columns to i day for the presidency and vice presi dency the honored names of major gen winfield scott axd william a graham no man in the country will ever pro pound the inquiry m who are they ?" they are well known and highly exalted be fore the public gaze â€” so known so lov ed so honored that it becomes the delight and pride of every true friend of his coun try to reflect that he has it in his power by his vote to testify his admiration and record his name as the friend and advo cate of such noble americans it has suited the democratic party to place in nomination lor our highest otli ces men comparatively unknown and un distinguished â€” men with whose charac tersthe people are not acquainted â€” whose deeds bave not rendered them remarka ble â€” whose talents never fitted them to ac quire either fame or popularity â€” upon whom the recordsof the country have not stamped enduring honor or immortal i fame if they ever attain to any there j fore it must be manufactured for them by the partisan presses â€” the enlisted swiss of their political fortunes but upon every page of our country's history blazoned all over in characters of living light will be found the peerless and glorious name of winfield scott â€” the first and bravest in war â€” the most distinguished and patriotic in peace his record is the hearts of his countrymen mingled with all the illustrious recollec tion of the past and now blended with the best and brighest hopes for the future it is not necessary to eulogise wil liam a graham in north carolina there he is â€” behold him and judge for yourselves he has always been invinci ble â€” a tower of strength for the state which he has honored and which has hon ored him : and north carolina now pre sents him before the country with great pride as her brightest jewel the positions in which these great men ; have been placed before the country by i the nalional whig convention though j richly deserved on their part and very | acceptable to large masses of the people yet have now been rendered highly popu ; lar at the south by the sound and conser j vative platform on which they will j stand and which was laid down as indis pensable by the southern delegates con ditional to their support of any candidates â€” and upon which also tub raleigh j '. times has always avowed that ils sup port of the whig nominees depended i whig convention the nomina ! tions although our intelligence rom the whig na ; tional convention at baltimore is incomplete : and unsatisfactory as to the closing proceedings â– yet we are enabled lo announce lhal gen winfield scoit received lhe nomination lor president on the 53d or 54th balloting aud lhat william a graham of n c received the nomination for vice president over , ! jones of tennessee and pearce ol maryland after several ballolings we refer the reader to the regular repoit of : proceedings so far as we have them for par j j ticulars in regard lo lhe nominaiion for presi j j dent we cannot say that we are disappoint i ed in the result however much we may have desired il otherwise wilh our fellow wbigs of the slate we cherished the warmest regard for mr fiilmore and a willingness to do po litical battle under his leadership no matter : whal fate awaited but we aie likewise ready to acquiesce in lhe judgment ot ihe convention : which has regarded successs more sure under ' another leader we know no what develop ' ments of gen scott's opinions followed the close of the convenlion ; but we have no dread of hearing from him ; we have steadily ex | pressed full confidence in lhe soundness of his \ views on lhe momentous questions wh ch have agitated the public mind anddisiuibed the eq ui : librium of lhe union something musl occur ! to shake tbat confidence belore we can be ; brought into an attilude of opposition or indif i lerence to the gallant old veteran who has grown gray in his country's service,â€”espe cially when his opponent in lhe race tor the greatest office in the republic is a new man â– without the claims of extraordinary services j talents or experience lo recommend him over ; : the distinguished citizen who lays undisputed claim lo all these qualifications the nomination of mr graham the ftvorite : son of the good old north state will give eat islaction in itself and go far to strengthen the licket io north carolina in the south and the whole nation while mr graham is truly â€¢ north carolinian in all hiu domestic feelings he has a heart and a bead lor his whole conn â€¢ try from niagara to the gulf from the atlantic to the pacific for his wisdom his talent his urbanity and bis purity of character be is jusl j such a man as an intelligent and virtuous peo j pie delight to honor the platform or eipose oj principles and j opinions touching the administration oi public j affairs as it was adopted by the convention is j a noble paper cheerfully and proudly can the w higs â€” yea the whole american people â€” ' stand with gen scott upon that platform st ! truly nalional and yet so thoroughly regardful of the rights of the states and of lhe interests of every section â€” an instrument of lhe kind could not have been more wisely tramej fur ! the guidance of the patriotic cilizen in his pub ; lie duly â€” greensboro patriot from the wilmin***ton commmial reception in washington city the nominations of the late whig con vention were cordially received in wash ington by a large portion of our citizens as we are informed by the presses of th city the following account is from the telegraph : at about nine o'clock tht^-pontaneously assembled thousands of oulcitizens with the light infantry band of music march ed in procession along pennsylvania ave nue to the residence of geo scott where the band played ** hail to the chief and loud and prolonged cheers were given gen scott appeared at the balcony and addressed the assemblage as follow gentlemen : this is the tir-st political greeting 1 have ever received this man testation of your kindness touches my heart deeply coming as it does from my near neighbors and friends my residence in the city of washington has been very a greeable to myself this city was laid out under the eye and direction of the im mortal washington and i trust the pros perity ofthe city will continue to advance with the growth ofthe union and of him whose name it bears i trust gentlemen that so long ns i shall continue amongst you the same friendly relations will be cultivated whe ther i continue to occupy the position of a soldier or shall be elevated to that of chief magistrate gentlemen the high ho^or which the baltimore convention has conferred upon me over my illustrious and friendly rivals â€” the chief magistrate of the countr*>*and the secretary of state already known to fame â€” was wholly unmerited and will be a cause for my making still greater ef forts to merit the approbabtion of my country and of that convention i know that much anxiety and many trials are to be passed through before the ratification of the people shall be heard whether it shall confirm the action of the convention or not i shall be satisfied for i know that it will be conferred upon a man deserving your confidence and sup port in whatever position i may be placed it shall continue to be the great aim of my life to discharge my duty to my country if i should be elevated in that distin guished position for which i have been named i shall seek so to conduct myself as to merit the confidence which you have so kindly bestowed upon mc in advance gentlemen you find me greatly fatigued and exhausted and for the present 1 can only thank you for this kind congratula tion â€” the first of the kind which 1 have ever received â€” and bid you all a good night the procession then proceeded to the residence of the hon wm a graham ; and after beautiful and appropriate music by the band mr graham appeared and spoke nearly as follows : fellow-citizens i appear before you to tender to you my thanks for the com pliment of this visit and my congratula tions of the country upon the result of tho liberations of the convention ofthe wbigs of the united states assembled at balti more cheers as to my humble self i had no hope for as i had no reason no right to expect this honor at the hands of the convention but as the distinguished statesman and soldier enthusiastic cheering whom the convention has selected as candidate for president of the united states the coun try or a large portion of the country had reason toexpect that the nomination would fall upon bim cheering his compe tilois in that convention were tried pa triots ; had the nomination fallen upon either of them the wbigs of the country would have been equally well satisfied great cheering for my own patty with all respect to that large portion of our fellow-citizens constituting the democratic party my hopes for the prosperity of ihis country the stability of its institutions and the prosperity of the union depend upon the ascendency of whig measures prolong ed cheering a voice three cheers for the old north state '. and in response three hear ty and enthusiastic cheers were given mr graham thank you gentlemen for that i look upon this nomination a a compliment to that steadfast that noble old whig state of which 1 am proud to be a citizen rather than to myself fellow-citizens i did not expect this visit it is but a few moments since i heard of this nomination and i shall not detain you go on go on again i express to you my thanks for this compli ment and congratulate you upon the har monious result of the deliberations of your convention at baltimore mr g then withdrew amidst deafening cheers the procession next visited the white house and in response to enthusiastic and protracted cheering president fill more appeared at one of the windows and said :